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Fussilat 41:11

ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٞ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ ٱئۡتِيَا طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهٗا قَالَتَآ أَتَيۡنَا طَآئِعِينَ

Then He turned towards the heaven when it was ˹still like˺ smoke, saying to it and to the earth, ‘Submit, willingly or unwillingly.’ They both responded, ‘We submit willingly.’

Word by word

ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
Vocabulary
ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ
is'tawā
He directed (Himself)
Vocabulary
Root: سوي
إِلَى
ilā
towards
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
وَهِيَ
wahiya
while it (was)
Vocabulary
دُخَانٞ
dukhānun
smoke
Vocabulary
Root: دخن
فَقَالَ
faqāla
and He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَهَا
lahā
to it
Vocabulary
وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ
walil'arḍi
and to the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
ٱئۡتِيَا
i'tiyā
Come both of you
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
طَوۡعًا
ṭawʿan
willingly
Vocabulary
Root: طوع
أَوۡ
aw
or
Vocabulary
كَرۡهٗا
karhan
unwillingly
Vocabulary
Root: كره
قَالَتَآ
qālatā
They both said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
أَتَيۡنَا
ataynā
We come
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
طَآئِعِينَ
ṭāiʿīna
willingly
Vocabulary
Root: طوع

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.